To conceal or disclose a disabling condition? A dilemma of employment transition

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-30

  Allen, Shelley ^a   Carlson, Glenys ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Concealment; Disabling condition; Disclosure; Employment transition; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK CAPACITY; WORKING TIME; WRIST FRACTURE;

EID: 0142217873     PISSN: 10522263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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